Class of 1962
For us, one of the best parts of the entire reunion weekend was standing and waiting to board the float to ride in the parade. We had worked with the mail-outs and name tags, made calls and searched for all the names on our list. Until all of the out- of-towners started walking up to the float (some we had not talked to in thirty years), they were just names with old high school memories attached, and the reunion was just a plan. We could now see that this reunion was really going to happen. All of us were scrambling for hugs and photo opportunities.
The Class of 1962 never really changes. Some of us look different and we have done a lot of living in our poor old forty- plus-year-old bodies, but we shall always have a common bond. We grew up in a great little town in the 50's and early 60's, where we didn't have to lock our doors at night; the only drug we had heard much about was alcohol; most of our parents were still married to each other and most of us didn't know we were ”poor” until we went to college. Why, we were even in on the beginnings of rock and roll! The reason we always have a great time together is because of our great history together. The first weekend of October, 1992, was no exception.
We want to thank all of you for making the reunion a success. Our committee worked very hard making plans and arrangements, but if you had not come and participated, it would have been just a lot of plans and arrangements.
For us, the very best thing to come out of this experience was developing close relationships with the people on the reunion committee. We have all planned to meet at least once a year to keep the relationship going.
Chairing the 30-Year Reunion was one of the most challenging and rewarding tasks we have ever undertaken. Thank you for letting us help pull together your 30-year reunion.
Cherry Riley Browning
Lois Elliott Stroope
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